"Have your Vice Hall Masters and elder come out to meet me!"
Despite being surrounded by a large group of poison masters, Zhang Xuan wasn't flustered at all. Rather, as if he didn't notice the situation, he raised his chin, placed his hands behind his back, and stared at the group with frosty eyes.
"You wish to meet our Vice Hall Masters and elders? Who do you think you are!"
To think that the fellow would fearlessly demand to meet their Vice Hall Master and elders after having attacked their colleague! Infuriated, Poison Master Zhou roared savagely, "To dare to kill in the Poison Hall, you shall become dead meat..."
Harrumphing coldly, he had decided to make his move in order to teach this arrogant fellow a lesson. But at the next moment, the vision before him blurred.
Hu!
In the flash of a shadow, a hand was already grabbing at Poison Master Zhou’s neck and he was held dangling in midair.
"Yo-you..." Poison Master Zhou trembled in fear. The middle-aged man who was ten meters away from him had appeared right before him all of a sudden.
His face paled with every passing second, and through gritted teeth, he spat, "Let go of me! Otherwise, you don't have to dream of leaving here alive..."
"This is the Poison Hall, not a place for you to behave atrociously!"
Poison Liu and the others didn't expect the fellow who came with the Great Herb King to be so arrogant, attacking them the moment there was a verbal conflict. Feeling incensed, they roared angrily.
Even though the Poison Hall was located in such a remote region, it was an entity which struck fear into the hearts of countless powers. Yet, for an outsider to rush in and kill their men... Who gave him the guts to do so?
Disregarding their furious roars, Zhang Xuan remained grabbing Poison Master Zhou's neck with an indifferent expression. At the same time, he whipped him with his other hand.
Pah pah pah pah!
Four consecutive sounds echoed crisply in the air. Poison Master Zhou's face swelled up immediately, and fresh blood spilled from the corners of his lips. Several of his teeth also fell to the floor.
"This is your punishment for being disrespectful toward me!"
After smacking him, Zhang Xuan casually threw the other party onto the floor. Then, placing his hands behind his back once more, he stood proudly with the aura of a conqueror. "There's a limit to my patience. Don't make me angry, I don't mind wasting a bit of my time to destroy this useless branch of yours!"
"Destroy this useless branch..."
The Great Herb King felt his vision turn dark.
Destroying this branch...
Physician Bai, do you know how many Zongshi realm experts there are in the Poison Hall?
With just the strength of us both... We probably won't even reach the elders before we are beaten to death. Furthermore, this is assuming if the other party didn't use their poison on us...
Even though the Great Herb King felt stifled, he understood Physician Bai's intentions.
Since the other party is playing as the envoy of the headquarter, he has to have the disposition of one as well.
How can an expert from the headquarter allow himself to be bullied by the poison masters from a branch? If he didn't dare to retaliate, no matter what he says later, no one would believe his words.
Thus... It is vital for him to instill fear among them!
He has to make everyone in the Poison Hall know that... the envoy is here!
This way, he can establish his standing rapidly. However... if he shows an opening and gives himself in, he will die tragically.
The Great Herb King felt his legs tremble with fear.
As the dominant power in Red Lotus City, he wasn't an amateur in such matters. Even so, when he recalled how the Poison Hall dealt with their enemies, a cold chill went down his spine immediately, and he found himself unable to remain calm.
"You..."
Upon hearing those words, no matter how foolish Poison Master Liu and the others could be, it was clear that the person before them wasn't a simple figure. Otherwise, he wouldn't dare to act so arrogantly in the Poison Hall. After a moment of hesitation, he asked, "May I ask... how I should address you?"
Zhang Xuan stood quietly on the spot, as though he were saying that these small fries weren't worthy of his words.
Seeing Physician Bai act in such a manner, the Great Herb King could only muster his courage, step forward, stabilize his breathing as far as he can, and say, "This... This is... the envoy sent by the headquarter!"
"Envoy?"
The expressions on Poison Master Liu and the others’ faces darkened immediately.
They knew that the elders had requested for an envoy from the headquarter to quench the inner conflict, but they didn't think that the headquarter would really send a person over!
It was no wonder why the other party acted so arrogantly, attacking them the moment there was a conflict without any regards to the possible consequences.
If the other party was really an envoy from the headquarter, he did have the qualifications to do so.
"Since you're the envoy... do you have the Golden Poison Heart Token from the headquarter?"
Steadying his breathing, Poison Master Liu stepped forward.
The Golden Poison Heart Token was the identity token the headquarter issued to their envoys, and only with this would the envoys be recognized. In a sense, it was similar to a Sword of state, and it represented the headquarter, as well as its full authority.
Upon hearing the question, the Great Herb King clenched his fists.
This Physician Bai is a fake, how can he possibly have the Golden Poison Heart Token!
However, if he doesn’t produce it, the other party will definitely not believe him...
The Great Herb King tried to think of several excuses, such as having lost it along the way or having forgotten to bring it along... However, all of them didn't seem feasible.
How can an envoy of the Poison Hall lose his Golden Poison Heart Token? It is equivalent to an ambassador losing the Sword of state, and this is equivalent to courting death!
No matter how foolish one is, such a thing would appear implausible!
Worried, he turned to Physician Bai to see how he would resolve the issue. However, what he saw was Physician Bai glaring at the crowd through narrowed eyes, and exuding an intimidating aura which left all of them breathless.
"Who do you think you are?"
Harrumphing coldly, Zhang Xuan commanded authoritatively, "Have your Vice Hall Masters and elders meet me!"
"I..."
Poison Master Liu's face flushed in anger.
He was a respected and feared figure no matter where he went ever since he became a poison master. This was the first time someone was criticizing him right in his face!
However, he also knew that if the other party was truly an envoy, he was likely to be at least a 4-star poison master. Before such a figure, he was no different from a nobody.
"What's wrong?"
Just as Poison Master Liu was conflicted over whether he should report this matter to the Vice Hall Masters and the others, a cold voice sounded. Then, an elder walked over with widened strides.
"Elder Blackeye..."
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